Personal Goals

Why did you take this class?
Fall 2017
Tienna- more ways to be environmentally friendly at home Check out NYC green House
Elizabeth- become less wasteful at home You might get some good ideas at the package free shop in williamsburg
Jazmin- planting at school in preK classroom if you like montessori, here are some great lessons
Manuela- planting with ESL students Try this link for ESL gardening ideas
Lanee-has a garden box in a community garden- wants to grow with kids year round Growing minds has suggestions for read alouds as well as monthly planting lessons
Abby- importance of energy and waste into prek students can learn to sort with this coloring book
Yanique- integrate all sustainability into second grade science You might want to consider having your students collect samples of soil from relatives; this is a great way to incorporate the science focus on earth materials and get kids excited to plant in the soil.
Ellen- learn more about planting for middle school ENL lots of great lessons from edible school yard
Onjalique- learn how to be conservative the residential zero waste website might be helpful
Umar- benefits of sustainability and gain consciousness here is a link for a sub irrigated planter
Joy- food for thought unit with sixth grade; deepen agricultural knowledge these books are great; hopefully some of their free online activities will be helpful
Stephanie- using high school sunworks curriculum; educate on how to operate systems these are the nysw middle school modules
Kristen- high school living environment and ecology; educate about sunworks systems in school an overview of how hydroponic systems work
Taz- be creative with limitations; planting in the K classroom check out some of the great projects from ciese
Teresa- understand hydroponics for her K classroom great video about hydroponics in schools
Krystie- save rain water more effectively; gardening IF you are feeling ambitious, here are directions for rainwater harvesting equipment
Aisha- composting; planting at home; understand gh here is info about hydroponic greenhouses
Analucia- herb garden herbs are easy to grow in Mason Jars
Dana- cluster k-5 integration of sustainability; more success with hydroponics; worm bin Cornell knows everything there is to to know about worms!
Sahara- gardening; integrate math 5th grade look at some of the lessons from engineering go for it